Compared to the average of all other provinces, the Government of Ontario spends $327 less per person on hospital care. This translates into a “hospital efficiency dividend” that benefits Ontario taxpayers by $4.5 billion dollars this year alone.

Who are our members?

61

Small Hospitals

51

Community Hospitals

16

Acute Academic Hospitals

13

Complex Continuing Care (CCC) and Rehabilitation (Rehab) Hospitals

5

Mental Health and Addiction Hospitals

Ontario Hospitals are actively collaborating with their community providers to enhance access and improve delivery of services across the province. Many hospitals are closely affiliated or integrated with Family Health Teams, long-term care homes, assisted living and community housing among others.

Other Facts and Figures:

In 1838, Kingston General Hospital cared for its first patient making it the oldest public hospital in Canada still in operation.

Ontario hospitals range in size from under 20 beds to over 1,200 beds.

Ontario hospitals have a 22-year history of public reporting on the quality of care they provide.

Ontario’s hospitals care for patients dispersed across a vast geographic area that is larger than the area of France and Germany combined.